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scornfully

/skawrn-fuh-lee/US // ˈskɔrn fə li //

轻蔑地,不屑一顾地,轻蔑地说,轻蔑地对待

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : with derision or contempt:As the others came up out of breath behind her, she said to them scornfully, "Neither of you knows how to run."

Examples

  • The real-life superheroes mostly hand out food to homeless people, he reports scornfully.

  • I should worry if Burd has a dozen maiden aunts,” observed Amy scornfully, “and they all knitted him red wristlets!

  • Montague scornfully thanked them for the inestimable service which they had done him.

  • And above all, if Isabel Otis should be permitted any sort of contact with the Club she has scornfully refused to join.

  • Mrs Everett drew herself up in with an effect of injured dignity and looked scornfully at Gibbs.

  • "Let the women and papooses sit in the sun at the door of the Peace Wigwam," they said scornfully.